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Fla. Stat. § 509.101 (2025)
Establishment rules; posting of notice; food service inspection report; maintenance of guest register; mobile food dispensing vehicle registry.
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509.101 Establishment rules; posting of notice; food service inspection report; maintenance of guest register; mobile food dispensing vehicle registry.—
(1) Any operator of a public lodging establishment or a public food service establishment may establish reasonable rules and regulations for the management of the establishment and its guests and employees; and each guest or employee staying, sojourning, eating, or employed in the establishment shall conform to and abide by such rules and regulations so long as the guest or employee remains in or at the establishment. Such rules and regulations shall be deemed to be a special contract between the operator and each guest or employee using the services or facilities of the operator. Such rules and regulations shall control the liabilities, responsibilities, and obligations of all parties. Any rules or regulations established pursuant to this section shall be printed in the English language and posted in a prominent place within such public lodging establishment or public food service establishment. In addition, any operator of a public food service establishment shall maintain a copy of the latest food service inspection report and shall make it available to the division at the time of any division inspection of the establishment and to the public, upon request.
(2) It is the duty of each operator of a transient establishment to maintain at all times a register of guests who occupy rental units within the establishment, showing the dates upon which the rental units were occupied by such guests and the rates charged for their occupancy. Each operator shall maintain this register in chronological order, shall make the register available for inspection by the division at any time, and may keep the register in an electronic format. Operators need not make available registers that are more than 2 years old.
(3) It is the duty of each operator of a public food service establishment that provides commissary services to maintain a daily registry verifying that each mobile food dispensing vehicle or temporary commercial kitchen that receives such services is properly licensed by the division. In order that such licensure may be readily verified, each mobile food dispensing vehicle operator or temporary commercial kitchen operator shall permanently affix in a prominent place on the side of the vehicle or kitchen, in figures at least 2 inches high and in contrasting colors from the background, the operator’s public food service establishment license number. Prior to providing commissary services, each public food service establishment must verify that the license number displayed on the vehicle or kitchen matches the number on the vehicle or kitchen operator’s public food service establishment license.
History.—s. 2, ch. 1999, 1874; RS 871; GS 1229; RGS 2353; CGL 3757; s. 38, ch. 16042, 1933; s. 5, ch. 57-389; ss. 16, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 5, ch. 73-325; s. 3, ch. 76-168; s. 1, ch. 77-457; ss. 7, 39, 42, ch. 79-240; ss. 3, 4, ch. 81-161; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 10, 51, 52, ch. 90-339; s. 4, ch. 91-40; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 5, ch. 93-53; s. 6, ch. 96-384; s. 4, ch. 2008-55; s. 3, ch. 2015-143; s. 1, ch. 2023-48; s. 5, ch. 2023-211.
Note.—Former s. 510.02.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 10
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1957–2021 · leading case: Florida Sonesta Corp. v. Aniballi, 463 So. 2d 1203 (Fla. 3d DCA 1985).
Florida Sonesta Corp. v. Aniballi, 463 So. 2d 1203 (Fla. 3d DCA 1985). “The circuit court ruled that the "Notice to Guest" sign complied with section 509.101, Florida Statutes (1979), and that the "Safe Deposit Box Statement of Value" card constituted compliance by the Hotel with the requirements of section 509.”
Fennema v. Howard Johnson Co., 559 So. 2d 1231 (Fla. 3d DCA 1990). “" § 509.101, Fla. Stat. (1985); Florida Sonesta Corp.”
Garner v. Margery Lane, Inc., 242 So. 2d 776 (Fla. 4th DCA 1970). “, supplied by the Florida Hotel and Restaurant Commission were posted in various locations in the hotel, in substantial compliance with the notice provisions of F.S. 509.101, F.S.A. Defendant hotel, relying on plaintiffs' failure to tender an estimate of value as required by F.”
Charles Bernard, Ltd. v. Tobias Jewelry Ltd., 751 So. 2d 711 (Fla. 3d DCA 2000). “See § 509.101, Fla. Stat. (1995); Fennema v. Howard Johnson Co.”
Aniballi v. Florida Sonesta Corp., 6 Fla. Supp. 2d 224 (Fla. Cir. Ct. 1984). “The Aniballis contended the hotel failed to comply with the notice requirements of Section 509.101, Florida Statutes, and consequently waived the One Thousand (
Zacharia v. Harbor Island Spa, Inc., 519 F. Supp. 456 (E.D.N.Y 1981). “1941), the court ruled that the failure of defendant to comply with the posting requirement of § 38 of Chapter 16042, Florida Acts of 1933, the forerunner of present Fla.Stat.Ann. § 509.101, did not preclude defendant from invoking the limitation of § 40 of the Act, the…”
United States v. Marquese Jerrodda Allen (11th Cir. 2021). “When Allen rented his room, he agreed to the motel’s “Conditions of Room Rental,” which allowed the owner to immediately evict a guest if he or she committed “[a]ny criminal conduct.” The conditions were visible in the lobby when Allen signed his registration card and were…”
Williams v. City of Arcadia, 501 So. 2d 148 (Fla. 2d DCA 1987). “201(1), Florida Statutes, nor did he maintain at all times a register signed by or for guests who occupy rooms within the establishment, showing the dates upon which the rooms were occupied by such guest and the rates charged for their occupancy as required by section…”
Southernmost Affiliates v. Alonzo, 654 So. 2d 1066 (Fla. 3d DCA 1995). “Here, although the hotel posted the required notice to guests under Section 509.101, Florida Statutes (1993), the appellees argue that the hotel is estopped from relying upon the statutory limitation, contending that the hotel misled them into believing the room was safe, and…”
Kaufman v. Columbus Hotel, 12 Fla. Supp. 71 (Fla. Cir. Ct., Miami-Dade Cty. 1957). “111, the hotel must have first complied with section 509.101 which requires the posting of rules and regulations including a copy of section 509.”
— 509.101(1) — 2 cases
Florida Sonesta Corp. v. Aniballi, 463 So. 2d 1203 (Fla. 3d DCA 1985). “The circuit court ruled that the "Notice to Guest" sign complied with section 509.101, Florida Statutes (1979), and that the "Safe Deposit Box Statement of Value" card constituted compliance by the Hotel with the requirements of section 509.”
United States v. Marquese Jerrodda Allen (11th Cir. 2021). “When Allen rented his room, he agreed to the motel’s “Conditions of Room Rental,” which allowed the owner to immediately evict a guest if he or she committed “[a]ny criminal conduct.” The conditions were visible in the lobby when Allen signed his registration card and were…”
— 509.101(2) — 1 case
Williams v. City of Arcadia, 501 So. 2d 148 (Fla. 2d DCA 1987). “201(1), Florida Statutes, nor did he maintain at all times a register signed by or for guests who occupy rooms within the establishment, showing the dates upon which the rooms were occupied by such guest and the rates charged for their occupancy as required by section…”
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